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| Suspect dead after hours-long hostage standoff at bank near Atlanta | Suspect dead after hours-long hostage standoff at bank near Atlanta |
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| People said to reach safety after military-type vehicle smashes through wall | |
| Cobb County police chief did not offer details of how the man died | |
| Associated Press in Marietta, Georgia | |
| Fri 7 Jul 2017 18.26 BST | |
| First published on Fri 7 Jul 2017 17.11 BST | |
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| A man who claimed to have a bomb that could “take out the room” barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank on Friday, sparking an hours-long standoff that forced police to burst through a brick wall of the building and ended with the suspect’s death. | A man who claimed to have a bomb that could “take out the room” barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank on Friday, sparking an hours-long standoff that forced police to burst through a brick wall of the building and ended with the suspect’s death. |
| Cobb County police chief Mike Register did not offer details of how the man died. Two people were freed shortly after TV footage showed a military-type vehicle smashing its way through the wall, raining bricks on to its hood. It was not clear if they escaped through the wall opening. | Cobb County police chief Mike Register did not offer details of how the man died. Two people were freed shortly after TV footage showed a military-type vehicle smashing its way through the wall, raining bricks on to its hood. It was not clear if they escaped through the wall opening. |
| Several heavily armed police officers had converged on the bank earlier in the day. Police had said the man inside the bank branch near Marietta had made threats and was inside with an unknown number of employees. | Several heavily armed police officers had converged on the bank earlier in the day. Police had said the man inside the bank branch near Marietta had made threats and was inside with an unknown number of employees. |
| Police limited the amount of information they made public, saying the suspect might be monitoring news coverage and social media, Cobb County police officer Alicia Chilton said in a statement. | Police limited the amount of information they made public, saying the suspect might be monitoring news coverage and social media, Cobb County police officer Alicia Chilton said in a statement. |
| WSB-TV in Atlanta reported the station received a call on Friday morning from a man who said he was inside the bank and talked for more than 30 minutes. The man told the station’s assignment desk that he had a bomb and two people with him. | WSB-TV in Atlanta reported the station received a call on Friday morning from a man who said he was inside the bank and talked for more than 30 minutes. The man told the station’s assignment desk that he had a bomb and two people with him. |
| The man said he didn’t intend to hurt anyone, the station reported. | The man said he didn’t intend to hurt anyone, the station reported. |
| In the station’s video account of the conversation, the man can be heard saying that the bomb had the power to “take out the room”. | In the station’s video account of the conversation, the man can be heard saying that the bomb had the power to “take out the room”. |
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